diff --git a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
index b63a31be1218..5e0dea2cdc01 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/arch/x86/decode.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ int arch_decode_instruction(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec,
 		break;
 
 	case 0x8d:
-		if (insn.rex_prefix.bytes &&
+		if (insn.rex_prefix.nbytes &&
 		    insn.rex_prefix.bytes[0] == 0x48 &&
 		    insn.modrm.nbytes && insn.modrm.bytes[0] == 0x2c &&
 		    insn.sib.nbytes && insn.sib.bytes[0] == 0x24)